Pathophysiology for Medicine and Medical Bioengineering

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-0-443-18518-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 500 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 276 mm

Pathophysiology for Medical and Biomedical Engineering is a text to help students, clinicians, and researchers understand how diseases begin and evolve. It is a comprehensive reference for students and professionals to learn the principles of pathophysiology of each body system and offers different approaches to treating disease. It’s an excellent starting point or refresher for clinicians to develop new approaches to treating diseases and includes the latest advances in therapeutics to address and students in medical education needing to understand pathophysiology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peery, Harry

Strayer, David

Wallace, Eric

Cohen-Gadol, Aaron A

Wong, Roberta J

Imoukhuede, P I

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Unit 1: Introduction
1. Introduction to Bioengineering, Pathology and Pathophysiology
2. Introduction to Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Bioengineering
3. Introduction to Innate and Adaptive Immunology in Bioengineering
4. Cell Signaling and Receptors
5. Cell Cycle and Cell Division, Apoptosis and Necrosis.
6. Introduction to Neoplasia

Unit 2: Neuropathophysiology
7. Introduction to the Nervous System
8. The Meninges, Ventricular System and Meningeal Vascular System, Brain Trauma
9. Glia and Gliomas
10. Brain Tracts and their Disorders
11. Encephalitis and Supracellar Teratoma
12. Lysosomal Storage Disease, Cerebral Vascular System
13. Neurodegenerative Diseases
14. Four Major Brain Systems
15. Spinal Cord, Spinal Nerves, Autonomic Nervous System
16. Cranial Nerves and Special Senses

Unit 3: Respiratory Pathophysiology
17. Upper Respiratory Tract Pathophysiology
18. Lower Respiratory Tract Physiology and Pathology

Unit 4: Cardiovascular Pathophysiology
19. Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology; Myocardial Infarction, Cardiomyopathy
20. Cardiac conduction system, ECG (EKG), Cardiac Cycle, Cardiac Innervation, Referred Pain
21. Aneurysms, Aortic Dissection, Marfan Syndrome
22. Traumatic Aortic Rupture, Rheumatic Heart Disease and Murmurs, Congenital Heart Defects, Cardiac Tamponade

Unit 5: Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology
23. Oral Pharyngeal Pathophysiology
24. Esophageal Pathophysiology
25. Gastric Pathophysiology
26. Hepatic Pathophysiology
27. Intestinal Pathophysiology

Unit 6: Endocrine Pathophysiology
28. Hypothalamus and Pituitary Pathophysiology
29. Thyroid Pathophysiology
30. Pancreatic Pathophysiology
31. Adrenal Pathophysiology

Unit 7: Reproductive Pathophysiology
32. Male Reproductive Pathophysiology
33. Female Reproductive Pathophysiology

Unit 8: Renal and Urinary Pathophysiology
34. Renal Pathophysiology
35. Urinary Pathophysiology

Unit 9: Hematopathology
36. Hematopathology

Unit 10: Dermatopathology
37. Dermatopathology

Über Autor(innen)

Imoukhuede, P I
P. I. Imoukhuede is Hunter and Dorothy Simpson Professor and Chair at the Bioengineering School of Medicine & College of Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Peery, Harry
Harry E. Peery, PhD, Assistant Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada is an assistant professor and teaches medical students at the Cumming School of Medicine. He received his PhD from the University of Saskatchewan and focused his research on the pathogenesis of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, cancer biomarkers, and endometriosis. Dr.?Peery?holds a Masters degree in microbiology (Ohio State University), and a?PhD?in molecular neuropharmacology (University of Saskatchewan).

Wong, Roberta J
Dr. ROBERTA J. WONG is the Co-Director and lead faculty for University of Washington's PharBE Master's Degree in Clinical Drug and Device Development, Strategy and Life Cycle Management

She has more than 25 years of graduate and post-graduate teaching experience at the University of Washington, USC School of Pharmacy and UCLA School of Medicine, and UCSF School of Pharmacy.

Strayer, David
Dr. David S. Strayer is a pathologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is affiliated with?Jefferson Health-Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals. He received his medical degree from University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences at The Pritzker School of Medicine and has been in practice for ~25 years and has more almost 30 years of teaching experience. He is an invited consultant to both corporate and government agencies, is an international presenter (multi-lingual), and has won several awards and belongs to 8 related organizations.

Wallace, Eric
Dr. Wallace is actively practicing interventional cardiologist for Kootenai's HeartClinic's Northwest. He specializes in interventional cardiology, structural cardiology, and vascular medicine. He is the director of Interventional Cardiology and has current board certification with the American Board of Internal Medicine with subspecialty accreditation in cardiovascular diseases, interventional cardiology, nuclear cardiology, and vascular ultrasound. He has published over 20 peer reviewed articles and has served as a reviewer for several cardiovascular journals.

Cohen-Gadol, Aaron A
Dr. Aaron Cohen-Gadol is a Professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery at Indiana University. He also serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences-Neurosurgery at Purdue University. Dr. Cohen-Gadol is a member of numerous international editorial boards. His research has been published in more than 500 peer-reviewed articles, three books, and 17 book chapters. He is also a member of several esteemed professional organizations.